No problem...I'm trying to stay busy...and trying to be patient. We don't know where my son is going to be stationed yet, and at the same time they are now saying he may be going overseas before Christmas. We are praying for that NOT to happen. The beginning of the year is going to be soon enough for me to have both my boys over there! I am also praying that they don't deploy my daughter in law again too. That would not be good! I am only one mom...I can't be in two places at one time, lol. Take care and remember you are in my prayers! God Bless!

THANKSGIVING PRAYER FOR OUR SOLDIERS



Today we gather around the dinner table with family and friends to share good food, warm laughter, and the happy memories of Thanksgivings past. But for many families, whose loved ones serve in the Armed Forces, this year's Thanksgiving celebration will not be complete.

A familiar voice will not be heard and a chair at the table will remain empty because, they have someone far from home serving our country.


Today also, members of the Army, Marines, Navy, Airforce and Coastguard (men and women, Active Duty, Reserve and National Guard alike) will gather in mess halls or in tents across the globe as friends and comrades to enjoy the traditional Thanksgiving meal.


So, as those of us who are blessed to be with our families celebrate and give thanks,

let us remember in our prayers the homes that have an empty chair at the table and also offer a special prayer of thanksgiving and ask God’s Blessings for the brave men and women of our Armed Forces,
whose service and sacrifice will, we further pray, make the world a better and safer place.


And a very special prayer dear God, for those homes that have an empty chair that will forever remain vacant and for those servicemen and women who have come back to us,
may their sacrifice not have been in vain.



THANKSGIVING PRAYER

Oh God, when I have food, help me remember the hungry. When I have a home, help me remember the homeless. When I am with friends and family who love me, help me remember those who are friendless and shunned. And remembering, help me destroy my complacency, move my heart and reach out by word and deed to those who cry out for what we take for granted.

Lord God... I humbly come before you to day


and ask for mercy & blessings & divine providence

upon Our Noble Friend and Wonderful Sister



Marine Mom Suzanne



and total covering & protection upon her brave Marine Son Brent





"No weapon formed against you shall prosper."


Isaiah 54:17 NIV



"None of their enemies could stand against them,


for the Lord helped them conquer all their enemies. "

Joshua 21:44 NLT



"In righteousness you shall be from oppression,

for you shall not fear terror,

for it shall not come near you. "

Isaiah 54:14 NRS


“Be strong, and do not fear,

for your God is coming to destroy your enemies.

He is coming to save you.”

Isaiah 35:4 NLT

Sending some love and prayers & good vibes for Suzanne & her Family


It was good speaking with you ~ yesterday my Sister ~ thanks for calling

I have been so low the past days....

Today I am happy that I send a 36 lb box to my son and his Marine brothers..

yet...I feel so goddamed depressed....

As mush as I want to write and send things..it is so hard to send to Iraq,,

I much preferr to send to Camp L. or to his home..he will evenually have with his wife in May 09..

I am so confused about why I feel this way..

Why after talking with him I go into such a low...

I just want him to come home safely in May...

(((Suzanne))) It's normal to feel that way!! We don't want our sons and daughters to be overseas! We want them home with us and their families. Doing what they do best, here at home. Just pray for them daily, that they will be safe and come home soon! And be proud of him!! Also, remember, you are not alone, and anytime you need to vent or just want to talk, their are others of us in the same situation that will gladly lend a shoulder to lean on and will listen, and probably cry, right along with you!!

Much love and hugs, prayers & blessings


for you Suzanne and for you Brenda...





my Love & prayers are for your Brave & Noble Sons


and for all of your beloved family members too


especially during this lonely Christmas season

check out these fantastic Military photos

http://www.tom-phillips.info/images/cool.pics.military.htm


http://www.tom-phillips.info/images/cool.pics.military.2.htm



http://www.tom-phillips.info/images/cool.pics.military.3.htm

A Soldier's Christmas Prayer



TWAS THE NIGHT ​ BEFOR​E CHRIS​TMAS ,​
HE LIVED ​ ALL ALONE ​,​
IN A ONE BEDRO​OM HOUSE ​
MADE OF PLAST​ER AND STONE ​.



I HAD COME DOWN THE CHIMN​EY
WITH PRESE​NTS TO GIVE, ​
AND TO SEE JUST WHO
IN THIS HOME DID LIVE.



I LOOKE​D ALL ABOUT ​,​
A STRAN​GE SIGHT ​ I DID SEE,
NO TINSE​L,​ NO PRESE​NTS, ​
NOT EVEN A TREE.



NO STOCK​ING BY MANTL​E,​
JUST BOOTS ​ FILLE​D WITH SAND, ​
ON THE WALL HUNG PICTU​RES
OF FAR DISTA​NT LANDS ​.



WITH MEDAL​S AND BADGE​S,​
AWARD​S OF ALL KINDS ​,​
A SOBER ​ THOUG​HT
CAME THROU​GH MY MIND.



​FOR THIS HOUSE ​ WAS DIFFE​RENT ,​
IT WAS DARK AND DREAR​Y,​
I FOUND ​ THE HOME OF A SOLDI​ER, ​
ONCE I COULD ​ SEE CLEAR​LY.


​
THE SOLDI​ER LAY SLEEP​ING, ​
SILEN​T,​ ALONE ​,​
CURLE​D UP ON THE FLOOR ​
IN THIS ONE BEDRO​OM HOME.



THE FACE WAS SO GENTL​E,​
THE ROOM IN SUCH DISOR​DER, ​
NOT HOW I PICTU​RED
A UNITE​D STATE​S SOLDI​ER.

​

WAS THIS THE HERO
OF WHOM I'D JUST READ? ​
CURLE​D UP ON A PONCH​O,​
THE FLOOR ​ FOR A BED?


I REALI​ZED THE FAMIL​IES
THAT I SAW THIS NIGHT ​,​
OWED THEIR ​ LIVES ​TO THESE ​SOLDI​ERS
WHO WERE WILLI​NG TO FIGHT ​.



SOON ROUND ​ THE WORLD ​,​
THE CHILD​REN WOULD ​ PLAY, ​
AND GROWN​UPS WOULD ​ CELEB​RATE
A BRIGH​T CHRIS​TMAS DAY.



THEY ALL ENJOY​ED FREED​OM
EACH MONTH ​ OF THE YEAR, ​
BECAU​SE OF THE SOLDI​ERS, ​
LIKE THE ONE LYING HERE.



I COULD​N' ​T HELP WONDE​R
HOW MANY LAY ALONE ​,​
ON A COLD CHRIS​TMAS EVE
IN A LAND FAR FROM HOME.



THE VERY THOUG​HT
BROUG​HT A TEAR TO MY EYE,
I DROPP​ED TO MY KNEES ​
AND START​ED TO CRY.



THE SOLDI​ER AWAKE​NED
AND I HEARD ​ A ROUGH ​ VOICE ​,​
' ​SANTA​ DON'​T CRY,
THIS LIFE IS MY CHOIC​E;​


I FIGHT ​ FOR FREED​OM, ​
I DON' ​T ASK FOR MORE, ​
MY LIFE IS MY GOD,
MY COUNT​RY, ​ MY CORPS ​.



THE SOLDI​ER ROLLE​D OVER
AND DRIFT​ED TO SLEEP ​,​
I COULD​N' ​T CONTR​OL IT,
I CONTI​NUED TO WEEP.



I KEPT WATCH FOR HOURS ​,​
SO SILEN​T AND STILL ​
AND WE BOTH SHIVE​RED
FROM THE COLD NIGHT​'​S CHILL ​.
​


I DIDN'​T WANT TO LEAVE ​
ON THAT COLD, DARK, ​NIGHT ​,​
THIS GUARD​IAN OF HONOR ​
SO WILLI​NG TO FIGHT ​.



THEN THE SOLDI​ER ROLLE​D OVER, ​
WITH A VOICE ​ SOFT AND PURE, ​
WHISP​ERED ,​
" ​CARRY​ ON SANTA ​,​

IT'S CHRIS​TMAS DAY, ALL IS SECUR​E "



​ONE LOOK AT MY WATCH ​,​
AND I KNEW HE WAS RIGHT ​.



​' ​MERRY​ CHRIS​TMAS MY FRIEN​D, ​!​


AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT ​.









​
This poem was writt​en by a Marin​e.


The follo​wing is his reque​st.


I think ​it is reaso​nable​. ​. ​. ​.​


PLEAS​E.

Would ​ you do me the kind favor​

of sendi​ng this to as many peopl​e as you can?

Chris​tmas will be comin​g soon



and some credi​t is due to our U.S.

servi​ce men and women


​for our being ​able to celeb​rate these festi​vitie​s



Let'​s try in this small way to pay


a tiny bit of what we owe.


Make peopl​e stop and think ​of our heroe​s,​

livin​g and dead, ​



who sacri​ficed​ thems​elves​ for us.


Pleas​e,​ do your small ​ part

to plant ​ this small ​ seed.


thank you

Good Vibes , Loving Thoughts, Prayers & Blessings


Lots of love and hugs for you Sister Suzanne


and for Brett & his Wife & for Brad & for Mr. D



We love you Our Noble Troops God Bless You All

I posted this hilarious email i had found

and as soon as i posted it ...

two people came in to dispute it



but if you check it out ,


I invited a new friend of mine to speak on the thread...


he happens to be a 26 year Air Force Veteran




here is the other link ...

http://mingle2.com/topic/show/187303




and here is the email...
===================================
Two California Highway Patrol Officers were conducting speeding
enforcement on I-5, just north of the Marine Corps Air Station at Miramar .

One of the officers was using a hand held radar device to check speeding vehicles approaching the crest of a hill.

The officers were suddenly surprised when the radar gun began reading 300 miles per hour. The officer attempted to reset the radar gun, but it would not reset and then
turned off.


Just then a deafening roar over the treetops revealed that the radar had in fact locked on to a USMC F/A-18 Hornet which was engaged in a low flying exercise near the location.Back at the CHP Headquarters the Patrol Captain fired off a complaint to the USMC Base Commander.

The reply came back in true USMC style:

~ ~ ~

Thank you for your letter. We can now complete the file on this incident. You may be interested to know that the tactical computer in the Hornet had detected the presence of, and subsequently locked on to your hostile radar equipment and automatically sent a jamming signal back to it, which is why it shut down. Furthermore, an Air-to-Ground
missile aboard the fully armed aircraft had also automatically locked on to your equipment location.

Fortunately, the Marine Pilot flying the Hornet recognized the situation for what it was, quickly responded to the missile system alert status and was able to override the automated defense system before the missile was launched to destroy the hostile radar position.
The pilot also suggests you cover your mouths when cussing at them,
since the video systems on these jets are very high tech.

Sergeant Johnson, the officer holding the radar gun, should get his dentist to check his left rear molar. It appears the filling is loose. Also, the snap is broken on his holster.

Thank you for your concern.

Semper Fi

Prayers being sent!

thank you so much... {{{ <<< poniepower >>> }}}


Our Sister Zanne.. ..will stop by when she can


i think she is in the process of relocating


so i am holding the fort down for her when i can

http://www.surprisedbyprayer.com/military/prayer.php?prayer=2157

12/12/08

Dedicated to: Our military families

Posted by: Karen Barber in Alpharetta, GA

Prayer:

Dear Heavenly Father,

we pray that your angels
will guard the families of all of our soldiers.

We thank you for the grace and faith
with which wives, husbands, children
and mothers and fathers
handle all of the business
of family life while our soldiers
are away serving our country.

Give each of them strength, hope and joy.
Help them handle unexpected problems.
Reach out to them when they are lonely.
But most of all,
fill them with the knowledge
of our gratefulness to them
for sharing their loved ones with our country.





Amen

Every minute of my every waking day! I would give anything to be along there side to serve our country with pride. They have been are and alwys will be in my prayers!

Amen Sweetheart .. ..thank you sooo very much

an email came my way...this is how it goes



HOORAY, HOORAY, HOORAY for Paul Harvey. I myself have been grumbling and wondering how a handful of people that have come to our country to get their freedom and have some rights, have been able to take our right to pray in public places away from us. So, agreeing with Paul, I GLADLY will forward this email AGAIN, AGAIN AND AGAIN.


Folks, this is the Month that we RE-TAKE AMERICA
********* Get Ready *********

Keep this going around the globe ... Read it and forward every time you receive it. We can't give up on this issue.

Paul Harvey and Prayer

Paul Harvey says:

This is the United States of America, a country founded on Christian principles.

One or two will tell thousands what they can and cannot do. I don't think a short prayer at a football game is going to shake the world's foundations.

Christians are just sick and tired of turning the other cheek while our courts strip us of all our rights. Our parents and grandparents taught us to pray before eating, to pray before we go to sleep. Our Bible tells us to pray without ceasing. Now a handful of people and their lawyers are telling us to cease praying.

God, help us. And if that last sentence offends you, well, just sue me.

The silent majority has bee n silent too long. It's time we tell that one or two who scream loud enough to be heard that the vast majority doesn't care what they want. It is time that the majority rules! It's time we tell them, You don't have to pray; you don't have to say the Pledge of Allegiance; you don't have to believe in God or attend services that honor Him. That is your right, and we will honor your right; but by golly, you are no longer going to take our rights away. We are fighting back, and we WILL WIN!

God bless us one and all ... Especially those who worship Him , God bless America, despite all her faults. She is still the greatest nation of all. God bless our military who are fighting to protect our right to pray and worship God.

Let's make 2008 the year the silent majority is heard and we put God back as the foundation of our families and institutions ..

And our military forces come home
from all the wars.

Keep looking up.

If you agree with this, please pass it on.

I can only imagine what you are going through, I know my heart sank when my son told me he was enlisting. I will of course keep you and your sons...and all the sons and their mothers in my prayers.

Thank you so much for stopping by Kymmie Sue

& for your awesome love & compassion...

<<< Brenda>>> <<<Journey 2008 >>>


must be really busy...


I haven't noticed her online much lately

Love and Light for all our Troops


Oh God ! Please Give them a warm & festive Christmas


bring them home to us safely & soon


End war & bring peace & love to Our Nations